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Grimes, Ed

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Denver city directory, 1910: Grimes, Edward (pres and treas Western Iron & Metal Yard Co, r 1015 9th) Western Iron and Metal Yard Co (Edward Grimes pres and treas, Mrs Rachel Grimes sec, dealers in all kinds of metals, scrap iron, rubber, hides and pelts, 1325-1329 11th (Phone Main 828))

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Ed Grimes, circa 1910

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Identifier: B063.08.0016.00012
Abstract

Ed Grimes in a formal portrait taken for the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith Lodge #171 in Denver, Colorado. Ed Grimes was a colonist at Cotopaxi, Colorado and walked to Denver from Cotopaxi in 1883, a distance of about 94 miles. He later served as Congregation Zera Abraham's first president and was also active in B'nai B'rith Lodge #171.

Dates: circa 1910

From Cotopaxi to Denver: Immigrant Jewish Farmers Become American Urban Community Leaders, 2010

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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00009
Abstract

History of the ill-fated Cotopaxi Colony of Jewish immigrants in Colorado. Brief biographies of the families involved and their contribution to Denver and Colorado after they left the colony.

Dates: 2010

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